162 CARE AND MANAGEMENT OF RABBITS 
on the constitutional vigor of the offspring 
and also has a bad effect upon the breeding 
value of the parent stock itself. There is 
nothing to be gained by trying to hurry things 
in this fashion and.much to be lost. 
It is not a good plan to stick to your own 
bucks too much in selecting the stock that is 
to be used in ‘breeding. If there happens to 
be:a good stud buck within shipping distance 
of your rabbitry, it is money well spent to 
ship your does to this: buck, pay a service fee, 
and get the benefit of the better blood which 
such an animal will introduce into your stock. 
In England and other European countries 
stud bucks are patronized a great deal more 
than they have been in this country, for the 
reason that breeders across the water are 
wider awake to the possibilities of their use. 
If you hear of a good buck in your breed 
which has preduced some exceptional stock, 
leave no stone unturned until he have had 
your best does bred to him. 
In buying breeding stock, always demand 
that they be registered and that their pedi- 
